How to escape single quotes within single quotes in Ansible

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Below is my playbook:

`

  • set_fact:
    excludefolders: “{{ excludefolders + ’ -o -name ’ + item | default(‘’) }}”
    with_items: “{{ lookup(‘vars’, ‘EXCLUDE_’ + Layer).split(‘,’) }}”

  • debug:
    msg: “excludedfolder is {{ excludefolders }}”
    `

I get the below output


ok: [10.0.17.113] => { "msg": "excludedfolder is -o -name custom -o -name tree -o -name log"

However i want the variable to have single quotes around item like below:

Expected output:


ok: [10.0.17.113] => { "msg": "excludedfolder is -o -name 'custom' -o -name 'tree' -o -name 'log'"

I tried to use escape charecter for single quotes but none of them worked. Below is what tried.

`

  • set_fact:
    excludefolders: “{{ excludefolders + ’ -o -name ’ + ' + item + ' | default(‘’) }}”
    with_items: “{{ lookup(‘vars’, ‘EXCLUDE_’ + Layer).split(‘,’) }}”

  • set_fact:
    excludefolders: “{{ excludefolders + ’ -o -name ’ ~ ' + item ~ ' | default(‘’) }}”
    with_items: “{{ lookup(‘vars’, ‘EXCLUDE_’ + Layer).split(‘,’) }}”

  • set_fact:
    excludefolders: “{{ excludefolders + ’ -o -name '’ + item +‘'’ | default(‘’) }}”
    with_items: “{{ lookup(‘vars’, ‘EXCLUDE_’ + Layer).split(‘,’) }}”

`

2

Below is my playbook:

>
-set_fact:
excludefolders:"{{ excludefolders + ' -o -name ' + item | default('') }}"
with_items:"{{ lookup('vars', 'EXCLUDE_' + Layer).split(',') }}"

-debug:
msg:"excludedfolder is {{ excludefolders }}"
>

I get the below output

>
ok:[10.0.17.113]=>{"msg":"excludedfolder is -o -name custom -o -name tree -o -name log"
>

However i want the variable to have single quotes around item like below:

Expected output:

>
ok:[10.0.17.113]=>{"msg":"excludedfolder is -o -name 'custom' -o -name 'tree' -o -name 'log'"
>

I tried to use escape charecter for single quotes but none of them worked. Below is what tried.

>
-set_fact:
excludefolders:"{{ excludefolders + ' -o -name ' + \' + item + \' | default('') }}"
with_items:"{{ lookup('vars', 'EXCLUDE_' + Layer).split(',') }}"

-set_fact:
excludefolders:"{{ excludefolders + ' -o -name ' ~ \' + item ~ \' | default('') }}"
with_items:"{{ lookup('vars', 'EXCLUDE_' + Layer).split(',') }}"

-set_fact:
excludefolders:"{{ excludefolders + ' -o -name \'' + item +'\'' | default('') }}"
with_items:"{{ lookup('vars', 'EXCLUDE_' + Layer).split(',') }}"

>

What about the quote filter?

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_filters.html#id8

Regards
         Racke

3

@Stefan i tried using quote but it does not help. Can you confirm if this is the right way to use quote ? See below:
`

excludefolders: “{{ excludefolders + ’ -o -name ’ + item | quote | default(‘’) }}”
`